Adult trauma patients should not undergo spinal stabilisation with a rigid cervical collar
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very low
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weak
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Adult trauma patients should not undergo spinal stabilisation on a hard backboard unless in case of time-critical ABCDE-unstable patients, where other spinal stabilisation measures would be more time consuming
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very low
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weak
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Adult ABCDE-stable patients with neurologic deficit and / or osseous spinal pain on examination should undergo spinal stabilisation in a vacuum mattress
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very low
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weak
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Adult trauma patients with isolated penetrating injury should not undergo spinal stabilisation
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moderate
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strong
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Our triaging tool should be used in order to facilitate decision on spinal stabilisation
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none
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good clinical practice
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